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The effects of alkaline digestion, bleaching and ultrasonication treatment of fibre on 3D printed harakeke fibre reinforced polylactic acid composites
(Elsevier BV, 2023-03)This paper documents an investigation of the effects of fibre treatment on New Zealand flax (harakeke) fibre reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) composites. The raw fibre was alkali digested, followed by bleaching and then ... -
Dwelling in the city: A qualitative exploration of the human-nature relationship in three types of urban greenspace
(Elsevier BV, 2023-02-01)The combination of increasing numbers of people in cities, coupled with decreasing levels of biodiversity, is hypothesised to result in the extinction of experience, or the continued disintegration of the human relationship ... -
An overview on recent biomedical applications of biopolymers: Their role in drug delivery systems and comparison of major systems
(Elsevier BV, 2023-02)Polymers are ubiquitous in our daily lives, from workplaces to homes. Biopolymers are becoming more popular as an alternative to petroleum-based polymers because of their lower environmental impact due to their low carbon ... -
A new method for producing polylactic acid biocomposites for 3D printing with improved tensile and thermo-mechanical performance using grafted nanofibrillated cellulose
(2023-01-05)In this work, a new methodology was developed to disperse nanofibrillated cellulose (CNF) in polylactic acid (PLA) composites for 3D printing. The nanofibres were modified by grafting PLA onto their surface through in-situ ... -
Changes to population-based emergence of climate change from CMIP5 to CMIP6
(IOP Publishing, 2023-01-01)Abstract The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) model ensemble projects climate change emerging soonest and most strongly at low latitudes, regardless of the emissions pathway taken. In terms of ... -
Parental involvement in early childhood learning: Douala, Littoral Region, Cameroon
(The University of Waikato, 2023)This thesis considers the significance of parental involvement in early childhood learning from a sociological, sociocultural and African perspective, which all emphasise the role of the home, community and early learning ... -
Fish biomass in Taranaki streams in relation to sources and availability of energy
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Light and temperature are the principal drivers of ecosystem function influencing nutrient cycling, energy flows, and food web dynamics. Solar irradiance controls stream thermodynamics, and in-stream temperature governs ... -
Understanding how ableism impacts inclusion of autistic children in ECE in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Research shows that, despite the promise of inclusive early childhood education (ECE) in national and international legislation, disabled children and their families are still marginalised in ECE (Lyons, 2021; Macartney, ... -
Offence vs defence: Quantifying workload demands in professional Rugby Union.
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Title: Offence vs defence: Quantifying workload demands in professional Rugby Union. Purpose: Rugby Union is a skill-based contact team sport demanding high levels of physical and tactical skill. Ensuring that training ... -
Teaching languages in primary schools using educational technologies: Experiences of primary-school language teachers in Vietnam
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Using educational technologies (ETs) in classrooms to teach languages in primary education has become increasingly popular worldwide in the last few decades. In Vietnam, since 2000, the government and the Vietnam Ministry ... -
When loanwords are not lone words: Using networks and hypergraphs to explore Māori loanwords in New Zealand English
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2023)Networks are being used to model an increasingly diverse range of realworld phenomena. This paper introduces an exploratory approach to studying loanwords in relation to one another, using networks of co-occurrence. While ... -
How can genomic data inform biological invasions?
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Rates of biological invasions are increasing, with global trade and climate change causing significant damage to biodiversity, human well-being, primary industries, and economies around the world. However, our ability to ... -
The finger continues to point to the moon
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023)Mindfulness: A Finger Pointing to the Moon—this was the title of the editorial that inaugurated the very first issue of Mindfulness (Singh, 2010). The Founding Editor-in-Chief, Nirbhay Singh, chose a reference to this ... -
Yield of annealing on the properties of the Ti-5Al-2.5Fe alloy produced by Powder Forging
(MDPI AG, 2023)The high cost of titanium alloys can be reduced using alternative manufacturing techniques and using cheap alloying elements. In this study, the Ti-5Al-2.5Fe alloy, a cheaper α + β alloy than the workhorse Ti-6Al-4V, was ... -
Adoption of in-paddock feeding of methane inhibitors in pasture-based dairy: An application of the ADOPT model and a farm-level cost-effectiveness analysis
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Methane emissions represent over 40% of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Of these emissions, almost all are biogenic, meaning they come from living organisms such as ruminants. Given that methane has 27-30 ... -
Components and tidal modulation of the wave field in a semi-enclosed shallow bay
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023)The wave fields of coastal bays are comprised of waves generated by far-off storms that enter the bay to combine with waves generated locally by winds inside the bay and regionally outside the bay. In any given location, ... -
Online reading lists: a mixed-method analysis of the academic perspective
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023)Reading list systems are widely used in tertiary education as a pedagogical tool and for tracking copyrighted material. This article explores the make-up of reading lists across a whole university. We investigated the ... -
Place-making: Wānanga based photographic approaches
(AUT - Auckland University of Technology School of Art & Design, Te Ara Auaha Communication Design Department, 2022-12-31)The words above are from the poem Māori King Tawhiao wrote expressing his love for his homelands of the Waikato and the region known today as the King Country. The words translate to: “I look down on the valley of Waikato, ... -
Climate change made record breaking early season heat in Argentina and Paraguay about 60 times more likely
(World Weather Attribution, 2022-12-21)Heatwaves are a regular occurrence in Paraguay and Argentina and as the attribution analysis indicates, these types of events are increasing in frequency and intensity, which adds urgency to the need to adapt to this new ... -
Greenpeace, Political Purposes – “There and back Again”; Reflections on New Zealand Charity Law
(De Gruyter, 2022-12-21)The political purpose doctrine, a key part of the charity law landscape for many common law jurisdictions, has been subject to much judicial and academic criticism over the years. Its continued influence on the charity ...